The Man Who Loved Children |
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| Author:
| Stead, Christina |
| Introduction by:
| Jarrell, Randall |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8050-0499-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1980 |
| Publisher: | Henry Holt & Company
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| Imprint: | Owl Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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With an Introduction by Randall Jarrell. Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives,
The Man Who Loved Children, is acknowledged as a contemporary...
More Description With an Introduction by Randall Jarrell. Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives, The Man Who Loved Children, is acknowledged as a contemporary classic.